Lady Vols Coach Pat Summitt, left, gets a new license plate from Tennessee Gov. Ned McWherter as he honored the team in his office for winning the 1989 National Championships. Mike Dubose / The Tennessean (2004)

Tennessee Coach Pat Summitt keeps an eye on her team in their 94-80 victory over Long Beach State in the NCAA East Regional finals in Bowling Green, Ky., for their fourth consecutive Final Four appearance. Robert Johnson / The Tennessean (2004)

Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt and her son, Tyler, celebrate the Lady Volunteers' 80-59 win over Texas Tech to win the NCAA Mideast Regional in Knoxville, Tenn., on Saturday, March 25, 1995, and advance to the Final Four in Minneapolis. Al Behrman / AP / The Tennessean (1996)

Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt pats her son Tyler, 6, on the head as he wanders around the court at the start of her team's workout at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Iowa City, Iowa, Friday, March 21, 1997. Tennessee plays Colorado on Saturday. Rodney White / The Tennessean (1996)

Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Head Summitt accepts the congratulations of the Tennessee Legislature Wednesday. The legislature recognized Summitt and the lady Vols for their NCAA national championship. The house also named highway 12 from Ashland city to Clarksville named in Summitt's honor. Perry Rex / The Tennessean (1996)

Summitt advises three-time All-American Chamique Holdsclaw during the first half against Virginia Tech in the East Regional semifinals March 20, 1999, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. Bob Jordan / The Associated Press

Pat Summitt celebrates with her son Tyler, 14, after winning 2005 SEC Women's Championship game at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, SC. on Sunday, March 6, 2005. UT won 67 to 65. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean (2004)

Lady Vols Coach Pat Summitt, who is a talented cook, tastes ice cream she whipped up for a team meal. This season, Summitt will try to lead her team to the sweet success of its first NCAA championship since 1998. Wade Payne / The Tennessean (2005)

UT president John Peterson presents Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt with the design of the Thompson-Boling Arena Floor, which will be called the "The Summitt" the presentation followed UT's 75-54 win voer Purdue Summitt an NCAA record 880 career victories. Shelley Mays / TheTennessean

UT coach Summitt hugs her mother Hazel Head after being presented with a naming of the new gym floor in her honor. Pat broke NCAA record of 880 all-time victories. UT played Purdue at the NCAA Women's Regional second round Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN on Tuesday, March 22, 2005. File photo / The Tennessean

UT coach Pat Summitt becomes emotional after UT president John Peterson present several gifts for Summitt's record breaking night during the Women's Regional second round Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN on Tuesday, March 22, 2005. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean

Lady Vols Coach Pat Summitt leaves the court after her 900th win in January. Summitt is the first millionaire coach in women's basketball, after Tennessee raised her salary to $1.125 million for next season. Mandy Lunn / The Tennessean (2006)

Tennessee Lady Vol coach Pat Summitt wears a cheerleading uniform cheers while being held up by members of her coaching staff Dean Lockwood, left, and Holly Warlick during a timeout of a college basketball game between Tennessee and Florida Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007 in Knoxville, Tenn. Wade Payne / The Associated Press

Lady Vol head coach Pat Summitt with her team during a time out during a against South Carolina at the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament at Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth,GA on Friday,March 2, 2007. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean

Tennessee Head Coach Pat Summitt reacts to a foul call against her team in the second half against Pittsburgh during the second round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament at Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pa., Tuesday, March 20, 2007. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean

Tennessee Head Coach Pat Summitt waves the net after a 98-62 win over Ole Miss during the Dayton Regional final of the NCAA women's basketball tournament at University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio, Tuesday, March 27, 2007. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean

Tennessee Head Coach Pat Summitt, right, and her player Candace Parker share a laugh during a news conference before the national final round of the NCAA Women's Final Four basketball tournament at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Monday, April 2, 2007. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean

Tennessee Head Coach Pat Summitt, right, waves the net next to her son Tyler after the 59-46 win over Rutgers during the NCAA Women's national championship game at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Tuesday, April 3, 2007. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean

The Tennessee Lady Volunteers pose with the trophies from their seventh national basketball title after a victory celebration Wednesday, April 4, 2007, in Knoxville, Tenn. Coach Pat Summitt stands at far right. Tennessee waited nine long years for its first championship since 1998 and won it by beating Rutgers 59-46 Tuesday night in Cleveland. Lisa Norman-Hudson / The Associated Press

Tennessee Head Coach Pat Summitt, left, talks with her players on the bench in the second half against Vanderbilt during the semi-finals of the SEC Women's Championships at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, March 8, 2008. Tennessee won 63-48. Jae S. Lee / The Tennessean

UT Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt disagrees with an officials call during the NCAA Regional Semifinals at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City on Sunday March 30, 2008. UT won 74 to 64. Shelley Mays / The Tennessean

Tennessee Lady Vols Head Coach Pat Summitt watches the game between the Tennessee Lady Shox and South Coast Elite during the Under-14 AAU game at Rossview High School Friday. The Lady Shox won 58-37. Robert Smith / The Leaf-Chronicle

Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt watches as Ball State scores and goes on to defeat Tennessee 71-55 in a first-round women's NCAA college basketball tournament game in Bowling Green, Ky., Sunday, March 22, 2009. Joe Imel / The Associated Press

Head coach Pat Summitt, right, and Alex Fuller along with the rest of the Lady Vols celebrate on Monday in Alcoa, Tenn., as they find out they'll play Ball State in the first round of the NCAA Championship tournament. Wade Payne / News Sentinel

Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt shares a laugh with a referee in the second half during their game against Dayton in the second round of the 2010 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn., Monday, March 22, 2010. George Walker IV / The Tennessean

Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt yells at her players in the first half during their game in the second round of the 2010 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn., Monday, March 22, 2010. George Walker IV / The Tennessean

Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt acts as Honorary Duckmaster and helps wrangle the ducks up to their roost atop the Peabody Hotel Friday in Memphis, Tenn. March 26, 2010. George Walker IV / The Tennessean

Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt watches her team during practice Friday before their game against Baylor in the 2010 NCAA Women's Basketball Regional in Memphis, Tenn. March 26, 2010. George Walker IV / The Tennessean

Pat Summitt, center, talks with former Tennessee basketball player Kyra Elzy, left, as Summitt sits next to her son, Tyler Summitt, the Louisiana Tech women's basketball coach during half time of the Blackman girls game, during the We Back Pat Showcase on Dec. 5, 2014. HELEN COMER/GANNETT TENNESSEE

Pat Summitt was in the stands for the MTSU vs. Louisiana Tech women's game on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 at MTSU. Summitt's son, Tyler Summitt, is head coach of Louisiana Tech. John A. Gillis/GANNETT TENNESSEE

Summitt wrote on her Twitter account Wednesday, "Seeking Fierce Courage... will need it after facing knee replacement surgery today, followed by weeks of rehab."

Adam Waller of the Pat Summitt Foundation confirmed that Summitt would be undergoing replacement surgery on her right knee in Knoxville and would remain in a hospital through the weekend as a precautionary measure to make sure her rehabilitation starts correctly.

Summitt led Tennessee to 1,098 wins - the most of any men's or women's college basketball coach - and eight national titles in 38 seasons before stepping down in April 2012, one year after announcing she had early-onset dementia, Alzheimer's type.

Since stepping down, she has remained on staff as head coach emeritus.

Fans of former University of Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt flocked to her exhibit at the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame prior to the 2014 NCAA Women's Championship game in Nashville.